The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-19
The new fremen's hall. in Mendoza, says


newly elected Judge Of the one horse court
of Elgin aud Aurora, is not eligible, because
he is over 60 years old He il also demo
era, and therefore Objectionable to the repub
leans who voted for the other candidate.
withs,andng the feeble denial Of some
Of the unposted or misled county press, the
Chicago ministers did vote down n resolu.
tons Of coincidence when the late Henry
Ward Beecher was dying The Aurora
HeraH says; 1T is pitiful to see so much
bigotry among talented men
The Mendoza Natural Gas Co, has procur'
ed from the city council renewal of their
right Of way for gas mains in the streets and
alters. Though they haven't any gas as yet
they are evidently still hopeful.
There were five hundred cases Of measles
in Aurora last week
The city council of Mendoza, thought it
had submitted the election Of marshal and
street commissioner to the people ; but it
passed the ordinance 10 that effect by vote
Of less than twoihirds, and it is therefore
illegal.
MIR. G. Underwood, the now postmaster Of
Millington, has moved the office to the Wors
ley Hotel
Dogs have been killing sheep at Utica.
Last week Dennis Lynch received $50 and
Geo. Bennett 81, from the town to pay for
sheep slaughtered by worthless CANNES
The report from the winter wheat belt
of Illinois indicate that the prospect for that
crop is far better than usual at this season.
Farm hands in McLeon county demand
from $40 to $50 per month.
The NewS HeraId fights the Sunday amuse.
ments, not only tolerated. but popular, in
that place, and don't want that town adver
tised all over the county as q Goddess, reck-
less city.
Peru chicken thieves operate by the whole
sale. They captured citizen's entire flock
on night lately.
Four clock teas" are the popular rage
among the Peruvian ladies.
The miners Of Spring Valley put out 1000
tons of coal on one day lately, hut they are
now working on half time, the usual "le,
up" reason with coal miners having "set
in
The coal miners of Wenona took a notion
not to work, but to loaf on Saturday after
Moons, and the employers objected and
strike on one side and lock out on the other
were the probabilities last heard Of
Scarlet fever has been 80 prevalent at Pom.
tiac of late, that the public schools were
closed last week and the churches were
silent.
Peoria merchants are organizing barge
line to convey grain to the Gulf from Chi
cago, Peoria and st. Louis.
The peach crop may be safe this season,
but there is an alarming amount Of official
dry rot being developed by the investigation
of state public building institutions.
The doctors of Morris have combined to
boycott all who do not pay promptly,
" Dead beats" must die without the help of
O doctor!
The device for fastening prisoners in their
cells without key, by wheel and chain,
such as are used in the Morris Jail, are said
to be an infringement on a patent. and
Grundy county has been notified to pay
81 $50 for the use Oft in their Jail
John Gull of Brookfeld, lost two children
from diptheritic Group within ten days.
p. A. Armstrong; history of the Black
Hawk war will be ready for delivery in
couple Of weeks.
The Elgin military band will furnish
music to st. Louis during the fair this fall.
The contract calls for about $1,000.
Twenty. six saloons at 5000 each per annum
supply the denizens of Spring Valley, Blu.
reau county, with liquid refreshments. One
saloon to every $50 of population is doing
quite well for young city.
Mrs. Ann Dixon in imitation of the Seneca
case, has sued the saloon keepers of Rock.
ford for selling liquor to her husband, who
became intoxicated, and is now serving a
erm in Joliet for killing man named Val
entine.
The Whiteside Co. fair is not in good shape.
The buildings, fences, &C., have been turned
,ver to pay an old debt of $3.50, and the
assets are a charter, lot of old gas pipe,
&c. The state fair would have gone where
he woodbine twineth long ago, had it not
,een for the treasury
John Thornton a kankakee night police.
nan, recently skipped out one night with
ome "boodle.'
An artesan well at Monmouth is down just
below the ST. Peters sand rock, but though
,lenty of water was reached it does not flow.
There are 5000 blind people in the state
If Illinois.
Kankakec has IL secret societies, and q
nan who speaks of electric illuminators as
licorish lights"
Several states attorneys have decided that
public exhibitions with gift attachment,
ire lotteries and are liable to be treated as